Australian Federal Police (AFP) have put 1847 people at risk of death by joining forces with police in countries that have the death penalty - this equates to one person every day for five years.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the vast majority of the people whose names were provided to foreign police forces by the AFP were being investigated for drug offences.

The news comes after the executions of Bali nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran who were killed by firing squad in April in Indonesia, despite the AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin assuring Australians after their executions that 'organisationally' and 'personally', the police opposed the death penalty.

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Myuran Sukamaran (left) and Andrew Chan (right) were killed by firing squad in April. The AFP have put 1847 people at risk of death in countries which have the death penalty by joining forces with foreign police

Official police figures released under freedom-of-information laws, show that 'between December 2009 and December 2014, more than 370 people a year were reported to death penalty jurisdictions. More than 95 per cent of these referrals were for drug cases'.

Police grant around 93 per cent or more of requests for help from police officers in countries which has the death penalty, despite guidelines introduced in 2009.

Since the Bali Nine backlash, police have to consider the likelihood of the person being subject to the death penalty when co-operating with a foreign police squad.

The news comes despite the claims by Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin (pictured) had assured Australians that after the executions of Chan and Sukamaran they 'organisationally' and 'personally' opposed the death penalty